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Quote #10
Sometimes, standing on that beach, I would remember the beach along the lake in the Berkshires where my mother and I had walked years ago. It seemed another world now, just as my street seemed another world, cold and distant from the warmth of dunes and the summer sun. (254.3)
As he's hanging out with Jacob Kahn at Jacob Kahn's fancy summer home, Asher recalls the locales of his childhood and feels distant from him. This quote shows us how Asher is growing out of his old community—his street, the insularity of his family and the Jewish religion—and into a new one: the art world.